Corner guide for bricklaying



Oct. 4, 1927. 4 W. WINTER CORNER GUIDE FOR BRICKLAYING f l 6 V.v a M e R & m m m mi n m J ,m m w w R Q T l Lfi v F m g M a 1 1 A l 1 m L L1 MG sh fl pi \N m N IN Mi. 5 r 3 Q 51 a i i, 4% v z i N Patented st. 4, 1927.

, barren s ar WALTER "WINTER, OF TULSA, OKLAHOMA.

CORNER GUIDE. FOR BRICKLAYING Application filed May 12, 1926. Serial No. 108,525,

I My invention relates to brick laying gauges and more. particularly to a gauge compris-' ing. a guide for squaring up the corners in laying brick walls and for properly align- 5 ing the bricks beyondthe corners. it. is apurpose of my invention to provide agauge ior the corners of brick walls that is so constructed that the mainjbodyportion thereoi is spaced tromthe wall so that the same will not interfere with the brick layer in laying, the brick at the corner, and will act as a guideor a gauge thatfengages directly-with one of the corner bricks as the same is laid to properly position the same relative to the other bricks previously laid at the corner. I

Ely improvedguide or gauge member comprises a standard or vertically extending member having a bracket. member at the hottom thereof that is. adapted to be engaged with the wall. at a corner and which has a bracket member having means thereon adapted to be engaged with the wall at a point spaced from the bottom of said standard and 5 which is movable along the standard to any desired position, the last mentioned member being provided with means for adjusting the distance between the standard-engaging portion thereof and thewall engag ing portion thereof to plumb the standard. Said standard is further preferably provided. with a gauge member or guiding member that is movable along said standard and base memberengages.

It is furthermore a purpose of the invention to provide the base 'member With a .thinned lip that is adapted to be engaged with the'under surface of the brick. that the guiding portion ot'said base. member engages.

. Gne of the important advantages of my invention is that with the improved gauge or guiding means anyibrick layer who can lay brick by line can build corners. Ordinarilyonly highly skilledbrick layers are able to lay the corners which have to belald prior to the layin'g'of the intermediate wall portion which is filled in by the brick layers having less skill.

Another advantage of the invention is that much time is saved in wall construction because it isnot necessary to wait for the laying up of the cornersto fill in the inter:

mediate 'wall portions, as the corners can be laid asl'ast as the intermediate wall por-.

tions instead of requiring the extreme care I vention to the burnt" clay, bricks commonly" members that are to be laid in to be exercised'in laying the used for building construction, but is intend- J ed to cover brick or blockklike'members"hav. ing'a rectangular form, such 'astile, cement blocks, cinder blocks, etc.

Other objects' and" advantages of the invention will appear as the descriptionot the accompanying drawings proceeds' How-Q ever, l desire to have it distmctlyunderstood that ldo not intendto limit myself to the exact details shown or described, but. that I intend to include as part of my invention all such obvious changes and modifications of partsas would occur to .a personskilled in the art and as would fall within the scope of the claims. In the drawings: 7

gauge, the central: portion thereof being I broken away,

Fig. 3 is a perspectivev View of the lower gauging, member.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view, partly. broken Fig. 4 is'a similar. view of the upper ganging. member.

F 1g. 5=is a slmilar view of'thelower supporting member-or basemember.

Fig. 6-is a perspective view of the-jaw member of the 'gauging-portion'ot'the'gaug ing member, lookingllltOtllQ endthereof ata'n oblique angle,.and-' Fig. 7 is a perspectlve view of oneofthe pawls or dogsused for-holding the-gauging member inadj ustedp'osition on the standard.-

-Reierring in detailto the drawings? My improved gauging means comprises a base member orbottoml bracket lO'which is provided with a flange 11 having'openings V 1 -13that' extend into the threaded openings 14 1. the lower edge of the vertically extending member for standard .15.;QThe base mem e "lO isiu'rther provided-with apair or flanges each other, that are adapted to be engaged 3' by fllhfl right-ang ularly extending wail por- V tions liotthe-standard15. The basement 1% .7 10 "bet-E10.isiurther "provided with a rib 8 substantially' bisecting the cjanglebetween the flanges IG'and having flanges 19 attheend thereof that; extend "substantially at right singles to each other and substantially par? allel' with the flaiigles 16.v The bottom portioii'jot thebase member 10 terminates in a "thinnedli pi'or flange 20 extending beyond 'leibodypfdmonloif themembe 10, and may eiprbviaerdi' h books 7 0 to anchor e $311.16 the I I g I g "Slidably mounted on thestandard 15 s a anfafigular, substantially L-shaped opening the m mbejr,15 extend. The. member 21 apers towardthe" end 23 thereof and is proided with'a' pair of openings 24k in: the reduoed' end 23fthat receive the eyes 25 in "he threadedrod-likemember 26 thatforms he of the members of a turnbuckle I having f-adjusting member 2-7 and each having '29-withfwhich'the eyes30 of theypins3l -liaving the tapered ends 32 engage.

: i Thejfstandards-lfi 'are'i'urther provided uyiwithfsuitable racks 33 having teeth thereon lltha't have faces3tjthat extend substantially at right ianglesv to the inner faces of the Wall -portion l7 and obliquely extending I fir-@ 535, thus for'mingratchet teeth that will permitpawl stotravelfupward-ly on the'same ibutfwill hold the same trom downward :45 sewedto} the members 17 in, any desired manner; as by means of the securing del. 'vices36. j The wall portions 17 are further f fp'rdvidedwith the openings'37 in which the spirit levels 38 are mounted said spirit levels "-fi beingf'mountedjparallel with the bottom edges 39 of the wall portions 17, it' -bei'ng ed on the wallaportions" 17' in anyother a hsam are mounted lparaillel to'the ed gg n f-p ipendiculartothe wall 17 that the r 15Z L 1-. a a 3 providedwwith the thickened portion ll jhavmgethe :angularslot 42 therein which is 1preferablyv L-shaped; but must be shaped lizfthereinfor receiving securing'members -16 extendingrsubstantially at riglitangles to the flanges 1'9 and tapering v gradually into br ket-inember 2 which is provided with *0 'slot 22 through which theiwalls 17 of mqvmene. The racksf33 may be detachably obvious-that said" spirit levels may bemount I inanner than' in the openings 27, as long as alne ea'iibe; utilized for plumbing'the memmountedon the standards 15 arethe; gauging members which are'each sq; astute-correspond :with the shape of body portion of the member 15. Mounted on the member 40 are thedogs orpawls l3, the same being preferably pivotedion the members i l at one end thereoi'and having the spring 45 mounted between the same so as to tend to hold the said members apart, the springs being mounted on the lugs 16 proj eoting toward eachother from 1 the inner edges thereoi.

The pawls 43 have the diverging portions 4:7 I 5 7 andjthe inclined portions 48 terminating inbevelled teeth l9 provided fthereon, said bevelled teeth 49' engaging with the ratchet teeth provided on the' racks 33. The members 43 are further provided with the up standing portions or finger pieces 50 by compression o'l'the' spring45 to disengage downwardly on the member 15. The member :40 can,of c'ourse, be moved upwardly onthe standard 15 due to the fact that the teeth 49 will; slide along the oblique r'ace's 35- of the teeth, thus moving the jaws 43 toward eachother: against the action of the springs L5 in a well known manner.

so" means'of which the same can be engaged to f press the jaws or'members 43aga1nstthe the teeth 4-.9'from the teeth on the racks 3'35 7 whereupon the member 40 may be moved 5 The member 40 is provided with a gauging V portion'or jaw portion 51, provided with a slot 52 through which a suitable clamping member on" the body portion of the member s 7 40 extends that is'provided -with a nut "having a knurled head-53 for firmly clamping the 'member 51 in position on the memfberZlO. The member 51'is held in alignment with the member 50 by any suitable-means, such as the guide ribs or flanges 54: on the member 40 engaging the sides of themember5l. The gauging member '51 isfurthe i provided with. a pair of flanges 55 project-c ng from the end. thereof at substantially 4 a right angles to each other, substantially para a'llel with the walls of the sl0t42, the flanges 55 serving as gauges or guiding members for the bricks inlaying' the same. The side edges oii-the member 51 are further provided with oppositely directed, curved ears 56' forming cleats around which aline may adapted' t lie afterj the-same have been i Q passed'through the slot 57 so as'to exactly align the same on the inner side thereofwith I f the innerfaces of the flanges 55. The 'mem-fl here 17 areprovided with suitable scales 59 which are preferably provided with markings indicating inches, with numbers thereon running from 1" to 12fand repeated the res quiredi number of timesfor the length of the' member .17. r V 1 'In operation, a pair of the 'standardsdh siarrangedinthef mannershownin F ,ig. '1,

are inserted under the bottom faces of the said figure showing a-wall made up of bricks orblocks that are rectangular in shape, that is laidu-pon a foundation 60. ,The reduced lip portions of the members the lowermost bricks 61 of the opposite corners of the wall, and the hooks 70 inserted between the ends of bricks in the lower tier to hold the gauge in place. The tiers of 10 bricks are laid up in the usual manner to any desired height sufiicient sothat the anchoring members or pins 31 of the bracket member 21 can beheld in position between two adjoining bricks or blocks 62 at a point vertically spaced from the bricks 61 at the ing members 31 of the other member 15 of the pair being similarly anchored; In order to adjust the members 15 to a truly vertical orgplumb position, the members 27 of the turnbuckl'es are rotated until the turnbuckles are adjusted to the proper length to place the members 15 in a truly vertical position, this being indicated by the spirit levels 38 in awell known manner. This being done, the members d0 are adjusted along the members 15 to a position such that the upper edges 63 thereof that align with the 0 lower edges of the grooves 58,'will be in the proper position to align with the upper-faces of the next course of brick that is to be laid.

This is determined by means of the scales 59, the number of courses of bricks to be provided within a certain height being first calculated, whereby the number of courses to the foot is determined, making it possible to align the edges 63 with the proper markings on the scales 59 to absolutely, accurately position the lines .64 securedto the cleats 56 and extending through the slots 58 in a horizontal direction and with the next lower course already laid,-the last laid course.

being indicated by the numeral 65. v 7 It is, of course, to be understood that the members 15 can be placed at all the corners and angles of the building to provide the lines 6 for all of the walls, so' that all of the. wallsv can be laid at the same time. After the course of bricks determined in this manner has been laid, the members 40 are moved up the proper distance on each of the standards 15 to place the lines 64 in proper position for the next course.

This is continued until the upper ends of the members 15' are reached when the members 15' are released from the wall and the li-"ps 20 are inserted at a proper distance from the top of the wall underneath a brick corresponding to the brick 61, so that the anchoring member 31 on the turn'buc-kles can also besecured in the wall near the top thereof. The operation is then repeated of plumbing the members 15 and placing the lines 64in the proper position; I

It is sometimes diflicult to get the flanges 19 into exact engagement with the corner' bricks 61 and in order that the flanges 55 will be aligned therewith so as to align 'the' bricks being laid'at the top-of the wall with the-bricks 61-, the jaw portion 51 can be "adjusted relative to the-portion 41 by means of the slot 52 in a well known manner.

After the member 51 on each of'the gauging members 40 is adjusted to its proper position for one s'et-upof the standards 15.no further adjustment is necessary until the next set-up of the members l5.-'The members15 are preferably made of such. a length that the readjustment of the parts is only necessary for each height of1awall corre sponding to the height of the ordinary scaffold used in work of this character. 1 I What I claim and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent is: V I

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1. In a device of the character described, 6

a standard, standard supporting and spacing brackets having wall engaging portions spaced'from said standard, one of said brackets comprising means for plumbing said standard and a gauging member vertically adjustable on said standard, said gaug ing member havingabody portion engaging said standard and a gauging portion spaced from said standard and adjustable relative to said body portion.

2. In a device of the character-described,

a vertically extending member, a support ing member therefor adapted to engage a wall and hold said vertically extending gauging member vertically movable on said vertically extending member, and means for holding said gauging member. 1n any ,adjust-' ed position on said vertically extending member, said 'means comprising ratchet teeth on said vertically extending member member spaced from said wall, an angular and spring-pressed, members 'on' said gauging member engaging said ratchet teeth.

a vertically extending standard, a support- 3 In a device of the character described,

ing member at the bottom thereof having a p Y 'lip adapted to be inserted under a brick in a wall and having an angular wall engaging portion spaced from said standard, a

member vertically spaced therefrom comprising a portionfengaging said standard and adjustable along said standard, wall'engaging meansspaced therefrom and ad usts able means connecting the standard engagingilportion' and saidzwall engaging means, fund a gauging member vertically adjustable on said standard, A j

4. Ina devicej'of the character described, :--a"-verticall y extendingstandard, angular in cross section, a supporting member at the bottom thereof having a lip adapted to be c. ,an angular vvall engaging portion spaced =10 .froinfsaid vstandard, {a member. vertically spaced therefrom havinganpangular slot re- I flcei 'vmg said standard and adjustable along .said standard and'a gaugingimember vertii' callyfiadjustable onfsaid standard. V 5L1na device o f the character described, I {a vertically extending standard, angular in crosssection, ,a' supporting member at V the ,sp'ace'd therefrom fhavin'g an angular 7 slot s receiving .said standard and adjustable 1 j along-saidjistandard and a gauging member 26;verticallyadjustable on saidstandard, said gaugingl member having a .body portion .1 having-an angular slotireceiving. said stand- .;;.therefrom. 7' j r a V j 6. In aldevice of the character described, ,a ,vertically'extending standard, a suppor fme'mber lat-the bottom thereof-having a.

inserted under a brick in a Wall andjhaving a I j gag ng portion relative to said Wall engagbott -om thereof haxfing a lip radapted to be an angular wall iengaging portion-spaced :lfrom said standard, ia'fmember vertically aid and an'angularpgauging portion spaced, 7

" buckles in saidilinks, and means "on, the

standardt'or carrylng gauge llnes.

" were a Wall and having an angular Wall engagfling portion spaced from said standard, a

member vertically spaced therefrom, levels on said standard for plumbing the same,said

last mentioned member comprising a standard engaging portion, Wall engagingmeans and means foradjusting said standard e'nvertically adjustable on said standard.

. 7. A corner guidefor brick 'or-like' Walls H comprising-a base adapted for support by ing means, said member being adjustable the wall, a standard supported on saidbase,

and abracketconnected with said standard, comprising hooks adapted forancho'rage lI1 joints ofthe Wall and turnbuckles foradjusting the bracl iet to plumb the standard. 8. Ina corner guide forbrick or like v Walls, a base comprising means'for. anchorw ageto the Wall and a seat for embracing the corneroi the Wall, a standard having guid-V ed support, on the base, a gauge bracket comprisnig a plate vertically adjustable on 1 the 'standard,.links pivotally connected With the plate, pins oon said links adapted for projection'into joints of the all, turn- WALTE WINTER. '7 

